Buzz on the new material has been strong, with chief songwriterMartin Gore stating that the new album looks back to the band’s glory days.

“It definitely has a lot of blues influences, I would say closer to what we were doing around the time of Songs of Faith & Devotion,” singerDave Gahan recently told KROQ’s’ Kevin & Bean. “Martin’s come up with all these blues riffs.”

He added that the lyrics are in the vein of 1990′s Violator.

Looking back at the band’s 32-year career, Gahan added, “I’m constantly surprised by this band. When I show up, really exciting things happen. I guess what I’m saying is, we’re not done yet.”